Culinary utensil



Nov. 30,1926.. 1,609,114

l J. R. GRAY CULINARY UTENSIL Filed March 18 1925 NvENTOR QSW tfhwww Patented Nov. 30, 1926.

UNlTED STATES JOHN ROBERT GRAY, OF MION'I'REAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

CULINARY KUTENSIL Application filed March 18, 1525. Serial No. 16,474.

The invent-ion relates to a culinary utensil, as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially of the novel combination of a vessel or other utensil and a flame container and heat director whereby the area of the heat zone from a burner or heat opening is restricted and confined to the purpose in hand.

The objects of the invention are to con` serve fuel by using the heat generated to its utmost capacity; to increase the etliciency of kitchen heaters, particularly gas ranges; to eliminate the frequent accidents due to the straying flames and the consequent nition of light clothing; t-o promote the combustion of the unconsumed gases, and generally to provide a serviceable, durable and economical utensil for kitchen and other uses.

ln the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a kettle showing the heat director in vertical section and riveted to the kettle.

Figure 2 is a sectional detail showing a modified way of fastening the director to the vessel.

Figure is an elevation of the invention as illustrated in Figure 2.

Figure 4t is an elevation showing another modification of the fastening.

Figure 5 is sectional detail of another means of fastening.

Lilie numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

Referring to the drawings, the heat director is formed of a ring l0 of metal or other suitable material havingl a wall in close formation converging from the lower enti to the upper end and preferably formed in cross section, the lower curve 11 forming the stand portion and the upper curve l2 meeting` the vessel 13 shown in Figure 1 as a kettle for boiling water.

. rilhe screw studs 15 project outwardly from the kettle wall and the heat director is made with the vertical slots 16 into which said studs 15 are introduced and held by the butterfly nuts 17.

Another modiiication is shown in Figure 4 in which headed rivets 18 project from the kettle wall and fit and lock the heat director in the L-slots 19 extending` inwardly from the top edge of the director.

A simple fastening is shown in Figure whereby the thumb screws 2O are permanently in the air director wall adjacent to the upper end thereof and have a loose washer 21 at the end engaging the kettle wall and screwed tightly thereto by the thumb grips 22.

inthe use of this invention the vessel is set over the burner in a gas stove or over the hole in a hard fuel cooking range and the hot gases resulting from the coinbustion of the fuel are retained under the vessel in the restricted area of the ringuntil fullyconsumed by the tire thus utilizing the heat to the limit of the fuel capacity and at the same time avoiding the escape of noxious fumes to the "atmosphere, which are always in evidence where cooking done with gas as the fuel and which are in this invention consumed to the betterment, of the heating properties of the range.

The vessel is simply lifted on and ofi' the range taking with it the heat director, which shields the fiame from straying during the operation and thereby saves the person from burns and more serious consequences.

rilhe use of stands of various kinds for culinary vessels is already known, but these are usually more or less complicated stands on which the vessel rests and are not made to receive a kettle or other vessel therein, for securing purposes or in any of the specific forms herein described and shown in the drawings or any reasonable departure therefrom.

hat I claim is A culinary device comprising a heat directing ring having vertical slots in its upper portion, and a vessel of such size as to fit into said heat ring, said vessel being provided with studs to tit within the slots and having butterfly nuts thereon to clamp the ring` against the vessel.

Signed at Montreal, Canada, this 19th day of February, 1925.

JOHN ROBERT GRAY. 

